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Connected features the personal stories of six New Yorkers woven together into one of the most intimate series ever. This groundbreaking show changes the nature of storytelling by giving each character a camera to document their lives. The result is a unique format revealing as different as everyone appears to be, we are all universally Connected.

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Jews and Money. Asian Drivers. Polish IQ. CPT… that's racist! But where do these stereotypes come from? Comedian Mike Epps explores the backstories of this humor and how history and fact often distorts into a snide – but sometimes funny – shorthand.

"INSPIRED" features celebrities, visionaries and some of the biggest newsmakers of our generation, recounting the stories behind their biggest, life-changing moments of inspiration.

In a compelling series of verite encounters, Win Win provides unique access into the minds and lives of the world’s most-celebrated entrepreneurs and athletes.

Explore what it means to be human as we rush head first into the future through the eyes, creativity, and mind of Tiffany Shlain, acclaimed filmmaker and speaker, founder of The Webby Awards, mother, constant pusher of boundaries and one of Newsweek’s “women shaping the 21st Century.”

Nicole Richie brings her unfiltered sense of humor and unique perspective to life in a new series based on her irreverent twitter feed. The show follows the outspoken celebrity as she shares her perspective on style, parenting, relationships and her journey to adulthood.

Comedy is hard, but teaching comedy to children is hilariously difficult. Kevin Nealon is giving the challenge to some world-famous comedians. As these young minds meet with comedy’s best, get ready to learn some valuable comedy lessons, and to laugh!

James Franco loves movies. He loves watching them, acting in them, directing them, and even writing them. And now, he’s going to take some of his favorite movie scenes from the most famous films of all time, and re-imagine them in ways that only James can.

The story of punk rock singer Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! who came out as a woman in 2012, and other members of the trans community whose experiences are woefully underrepresented and misunderstood in the media.

Executive produced by Zoe Saldana (who will be the subject of one episode), a celebrity travels back to their hometown to pay tribute to the one person from their past (before they were famous) who helped change their life by giving them an over-the-top, heart-felt surprise.

Enter the graceful but competitive world of ballet through the eyes of executive producer, Sarah Jessica Parker. This behind-the-scenes docudrama reveals what it takes to perform on the ultimate stage, the New York City Ballet. Catch NYCB on stage at Lincoln Center.

Park Bench is a new kind of "talking show" straight from the mind of born and bred New Yorker and host, Steve Buscemi.

Interviewer: You did so many things and you have just been around with so made it from projects, it is the Mark David Chapman.

Interviewee: Right.

Interviewer: How could you involve on that?

Interviewee: Well, I was doing work for news papers. As an Illustrator, you go down as many Avenues as you can and I love getting involved in all different kinds of things.

Interviewer: Right.

Interviewee: And I was going to news papers like the post in the daily news. They hire a Court Artist that they have on a rotating basis and they call you when a Court comes -- a trial comes up buy they are interested in and you basically report and get the story and show up to the trial. And, I was called in for that particular trial and I found out really fascinating.

Interviewer: So what was that like?

Interviewee: It is really very cool because you go in there and you sit there and you get to listen to such detail that when you know,

Interviewer: Yes, sure.

Interviewee: The detail you have to go in to such minutia that you have to go through in order to prove a case and you get to watch all the legal system working.

Interviewer: But as the artist, what is it that you are really looking for?

Interviewee: You book at the personalities and everybody has a certain ways that they move that the characteristic to their personalities and they always hit certain poses.

Interviewer: Right.

Interviewee: Because that is how they are comfortable.

Interviewer: Right.

Interviewee: And what I would do is I would pick up on after watching them, what poses are most as they talked, what poses are most occurring,

Interviewer: Okay.

Interviewee: And then I would sketch that, and it was just amazing.

Interviewer: Do you still have the sketches? Do you save them?

Interviewee: Unfortunately, I do not because I think they would probably I should call the news and get those sketches back.

Interviewer: I think you have a room of --

Interviewee: Yes, I do have a room with a lot of my stuff in it, a lot of it is in flat files.

Interviewer: Do you have an Emmy in that room?

Interviewee: I have a letter that states --

Interviewer: A letter? [Laughs]

Interviewee: You have to actually pay for the Emmy.

Interviewer: Really?

Interviewee: Yes.

Interviewer: What was the Emmy for?

Interviewee: It was for the main title design for the upside down show which is a N O G G I N it is filmed in Australia.

Interviewer: Okay.

Interviewee: It is a comedy team that --

Interviewer: What was your contribution?

Interviewee: I did them logo. I did the title design for it.

Interviewer: What did you do for an Emmy for?

Interviewee: For main title design, it was animated, the way they animated it was really interesting and that is but one. That is pretty cool.

Interviewer: And so you have a certificate that says that you won an Emmy?

Interviewee: Right.

Interviewer: Do you have an Emmy?

Interviewee: I do not have the Emmy. The Emmy is in the office of the production place that I worked with which was Bob Schinkel

Interviewer: The Emmy being held hostage until you pay? And then you can put it up somewhere in the house?

Interviewee: Yes.

Interviewer: It might be worth it,

Interviewee: Ah,

Interviewer: No.

Interviewee: Yes.

Interviewer: Be kind of cool. Boxing matches?

Interviewee: Yes, I worked -- when I was working with the news papers during Court Trials,

Interviewer: Okay.

Interviewee: I also worked with news papers doing, showing up the golden gloves, and I would sit ring side and draw the boxers and Christy Brinkley would walk around with the numbers and it was --

Interviewer: (Inaudible)

Interviewee: Yes, it was awhile ago, but it was pretty scary because I hate blood and you do not have to be like --

Interviewer: Yes, you know, it is a -- I have been to a few boxing matches and if you are not in to that?